SIF Data Model Specifications (North America) – Access 4 Learning Community

SIF Data Model Specifications

(North America)

The SIF Data Model Specification (North America) leverages the global SIF Infrastructure Specification with a custom data set for the North American community.

Unity Specifications

Why Unity?

The A4L Community has taken the best of the best from 20 years of data adaptor development (i.e. interoperability specifications), addressing school and state agency needs in a new Specification – code named “Unity”. This volunteer developed blueprint has been created using open, non-proprietary and transparent processes. It contains the most comprehensive K12 data model and modern transport technologies to securely move data to the right person at the right time under local data privacy policies.

The Unity interoperability blueprint:

...supports greater privacy and security controls including the work of the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC).
...is designed to support API development and standardization.
...is an implementation blueprint that works with other technical standards, to NOT replicate them, but let you take advantage of 'best of breed' standards (i.e. CEDS, PESC, LTI, Caliper, Ed-Fi).
...allows you to expect that what you build today will be used tomorrow.
...allows for easy maturation to a more powerful infrastructure while keeping your data layer investments intact.

FIND OUT MORE:

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 4.3

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 4.3

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.5

Release Date: October 27, 2022 | Certification Program: No

Resources: SIF Data Model Comparison (PDF) | Unity Adoption Guidebook (PDF) | EDFacts Mapping (XLSX)

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 4.2

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 4.2

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.3

Release Date: May 4, 2021 | Certification Program: No

Resources: SIF Data Model Comparison (PDF) | Unity Adoption Guidebook (PDF)

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 4.1

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 4.1

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.3

Release Date: August 27, 2020 | Certification Program: No

Resources: SIF Data Model Comparison (PDF) | Unity Adoption Guidebook (PDF) | EDFacts Mapping (.xlsx) | xPress Roster Mapping (.xlsx)

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 4.0

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 4.0

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.3

Release Date: May 22, 2019 | Certification Program: No

Keep hearing about SIF 3?

They could be referring to the SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.* or a SIF Data Model Specification 3.* from Australia or New Zealand…

SIF Specifications 2.* series

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 2.8

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 2.8

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.2.1

Release Date: September 28, 2017 | Certification Program: No

RESOURCES: SIF Data Model Comparison (PDF)

SIF Implementation Specification (North America) 2.7M

DATA MODEL: SIF Data Model Specification (North America) 2.7M

INFRASTRUCTURE: SIF Infrastructure Specification 2.7

Release Date: April 3, 2014 | Certification Program: Yes

RESOURCES: Supporting documentation for 2.7M release | SIF Data Model Comparison (PDF)

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North America Specifications: Supporting Documentation

The following supporting documentation can be found on the Technical Support page.